Section: National Newswatch (Canada)
Belarusian journalists face charges for covering protests
KYIV, Ukraine — Dozens of journalists gathered Wednesday outside a police station in the capital of Belarus to protest the detention of colleagues covering a demonstration against the nation’s authoritarian president and an election the opposition sees as rigged. Police detained several journalists from Belarusian news outlets Tuesday on...
Book: Pence told ‘to be on standby’ for Trump hospital visit
WASHINGTON — A new book is reviving questions about President Donald Trump’s unscheduled visit to Walter Reed military hospital last fall with the revelation that “word went out” for Vice-President Mike Pence to stand by to temporarily assume presidential powers if Trump had to receive anesthesia for a medical procedure. The White House has...
House readies contempt resolution as Pompeo defies subpoenas
WASHINGTON — The House Foreign Affairs Committee is moving to hold Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in contempt after he has repeatedly rejected the committee’s subpoenas for records related to Ukraine that the department has turned over to the Republican-led Senate. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., said Friday...
Russian navy conducts major manoeuvrs near Alaska
MOSCOW — The Russian navy conducted major war games near Alaska involving dozens of ships and aircraft, the military said Friday, the biggest such drills in the area since Soviet times. Russia’s navy chief, Adm. Nikolai Yevmenov, said that more than 50 warships and about 40 aircraft were taking part in the exercise in the Bering Sea, which...
The Latest: GOP convention wraps up with opera, fireworks
WASHINGTON — The Republican National Convention — the first political convention ever held at the White House — has ended with opera and fireworks. President Donald Trump wrapped up his speech closing out the RNC on Thursday by recounting the achievements of the nation’s pioneers and pledging to forge achievements in energy development,...
The Latest: Protesters look to drown out Trump’s RNC speech
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the Republican National Convention (all times local): 2:40 p.m. A group of activists hopes to drown out President Donald Trump’s speech as he accepts the Republican Party nomination at the White House. Trump is set to speak Thursday night from the South Lawn. As he does, a local band will be blaring Go-Go music, a...
Melania Trump tells virus sufferers they’re ‘not alone’
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump went there. While others at the Republican National Convention spoke about the coronavirus as a challenge successfully conquered, the first lady on Tuesday night used her address from the Rose Garden to acknowledge the pain of lives lost and families upended by the pandemic. “I want you to know you’re not alone,”...
Garneau, Champagne pan Iranian report on downing of PS752 as limited, selective
OTTAWA — Two federal cabinet ministers say they expect more answers from Iranian officials about an air strike that downed a passenger plane earlier this year, killing everyone on board. Transport Minister Marc Garneau and Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne say Iran’s preliminary report from the plane’s data...
Compensation talks for victims of downed jetliner to start in October: Iran
OTTAWA — The head of Iran’s civil aviation organization says his government will launch compensation talks in October with Canada and other countries that lost citizens when the Iranian military shot down a civilian jetliner earlier this year. Touraj Dehqani Zangeneh made the comments to Iran’s official news agency over the weekend...
Compensation talks for victims of downed jetliner to start in October: Iran
OTTAWA — The head of Iran’s civil aviation organization says his government will launch compensation talks in October with Canada and other countries that lost citizens when the Iranian military shot down a civilian jetliner earlier this year. Touraj Dehqani Zangeneh made the comments to Iran’s official news agency over the weekend...
